As some of you may be aware, I also have a Reeves pheasant in the garden, a female. I've no idea if they are as aggressive as the males, but she hasn't attacked me yet, although initially she was aggressive towards the other female common pheasants, she seems to have calmed down. Couple of pics attached.
Excerpts taken from www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk
First published on Wednesday 23 March 2005:
Boisterous bird's nature to attack
BISHOPSTONE'S very own unpleasant pheasant is gaining quite a reputation.
The boisterous bird has attacked a handful of innocent passers-by in recent weeks, including 57-year-old Bishopstone woman Mrs X who featured in the Journal last month after she was set upon while walking her dog.
Now the infamous bird has been officially identified by experts at the World Pheasant Association, based in Fordingbridge, as a Reeves pheasant.
Journal reader Mr X of Bishopstone, e-mailed us saying he regularly runs along the track between Bishopstone and the A354, where the feathered fiend has claimed several victims.
Mr X took a few snaps of the bad-tempered bird and sent them to the association, which says Reeves pheasants are endangered in their native China and are known to be more aggressive than the common ring-necked variety. The bird has a distinctive black and white head, a golden body and very long tail feathers, which are used to decorate masks in Chinese opera.
Excerpts taken from www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk
First published on Wednesday 23 March 2005:
Boisterous bird's nature to attack
BISHOPSTONE'S very own unpleasant pheasant is gaining quite a reputation.
The boisterous bird has attacked a handful of innocent passers-by in recent weeks, including 57-year-old Bishopstone woman Mrs X who featured in the Journal last month after she was set upon while walking her dog.
Now the infamous bird has been officially identified by experts at the World Pheasant Association, based in Fordingbridge, as a Reeves pheasant.
Journal reader Mr X of Bishopstone, e-mailed us saying he regularly runs along the track between Bishopstone and the A354, where the feathered fiend has claimed several victims.
Mr X took a few snaps of the bad-tempered bird and sent them to the association, which says Reeves pheasants are endangered in their native China and are known to be more aggressive than the common ring-necked variety. The bird has a distinctive black and white head, a golden body and very long tail feathers, which are used to decorate masks in Chinese opera.
